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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapters 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character shows the most disgust toward the Absalom’s girl’s behavior?
(a) The reformatory worker.
(b) Msimangu.
(c) Absalom.
(d) Kumalo.

2. What major family news did John fail to reveal to his family back in Ndotsheni?
(a) He never told them his son was in jail.
(b) He never told them he divorced his wife.
(c) He never told them he had given his daughter up for adoption.
(d) He never told them he was terminally ill.

3. Which character is angriest that Absalom has disappeared?
(a) Kumalo.
(b) The reformatory worker.
(c) Msimangu.
(d) The girl.

4. Why did Kumalo’s sister originally go to the city?
(a) She went to search for Kumalo’s son.
(b) She went to find her husband who was working in the mines.
(c) She went to pursue a job as a teacher.
(d) She went as a servant to a white family.

5. Which of the following does the black woman NOT lament?
(a) That she does not have enough money to buy her way higher on the housing waiting list.
(b) That she and her husband ever left their small village.
(c) That she cannot send her children to better schools.
(d) That she has to take in boarders to feed her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the waiting list for a new house in Orlando?

2. What is the profession of the murdered white man?

3. What is the name of the family Absalom was living with in Orlando?

4. What is the name of the murdered white man that Kumalo and Msimangu hear about upon returning to the mission?

5. What has become of Kumalo’s sister since she arrived in the city?

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